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concerts at Clemson, 1970s
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concerts at Clemson, 1970s


Apr 28, 2013, 2:14 PM

The other thread got me to thinking about this. Man, little ol Clemson used to rock. Yes, I remember the Marshall Tucker concert, and some others:

1971 Allman Brothers & Wishbone Ash
1972? Rare Earth
1973 J. Geils Band
1973 Jethro Tull
1974? Santana
1974 Humble Pie & Spooky Tooth

Also saw the Doobie Bros a couple times at Littlejohn in the 70s, and it seems like Wet Willie opened for them every time. I'm sure there are probably some others I can't remember right off hand.

A couple of ticket stubs did survive:




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Re: concerts at Clemson, 1970s not a biggie but even had


Apr 28, 2013, 2:17 PM

Flash Cadillac play in the dining hall once which was really strange.

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1970 ... Three Dog Night


Apr 28, 2013, 2:27 PM

1973 (or so) Rod Stewart & Faces.

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Re: 1970 ... Three Dog Night


Apr 28, 2013, 2:33 PM

good point. went to both. I think the Allmans were there twice once right before Duane died and once right before Oakley died.

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Re: which would have been about a year apart


Apr 28, 2013, 2:41 PM

fyi

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great music. 3 dog night is/was greatly underrated. " the


Apr 28, 2013, 2:44 PM [ in reply to 1970 ... Three Dog Night ]

ink is black,the page is white" was imo,very helpful to the civil rights movement. and i love "i've never been to spain", if that is even the actual title of the song. "jeremiah" is a classic,along with quite a few others.

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Saw them twice in Greenville in the early 70's. They were


Apr 28, 2013, 4:52 PM

great in concert.

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i HEARD a boston concert there in the early '80's,late 70's


Apr 28, 2013, 2:38 PM

heck, i was a brand new teenager , and had "pj" for breakfast,lunch and dinner. dang, them were the good times. i am positive the owner of the car was mad at me when i got sick in the back seat on the way back to edneyville,nc.

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Sammy Hagar opened for Boston


Apr 28, 2013, 2:52 PM

I remember Marshall Tucker played Bengal Ball one year (early 80's).

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I was there, and remember coming away thinking


Apr 28, 2013, 3:49 PM

Sammy Hagar was better than Boston - at least on that night, and Boston was HUGE at the time.

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he was. Hagar can rock.


Apr 28, 2013, 4:11 PM

Boston was a bit "stiff" as a live show.

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I want to say 1978 and wasnt it Montrose w/ Sammy Hagar?


Apr 28, 2013, 7:16 PM [ in reply to I was there, and remember coming away thinking ]

I was 16 and drinking underrage so my memory is a little fuzzy..:)

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Sam had left Montrose


Apr 28, 2013, 7:31 PM

and formed his own band.

"When I was seventeen
I drank some very good beer.
I purchased with a fake ID.
My name was Brian McGee.
I stayed up listening to Queen.
When I was seventeen."

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Re: Sam had left Montrose


Apr 28, 2013, 9:34 PM

Saw the Edgar Winter Group in Spartanburg in '73, when Frankenstein was a big hit. My buddies & I have wondered if Ronnie Montrose was still with them or if it was Rick Derringer by then.

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Re: Sam had left Montrose


Apr 29, 2013, 2:22 PM

That would have been a great concert. I still regret not seeing Humble Pie. RIP Steve. :(

Frank recording was Ronnie Montrose. Derringer was on the Shock Treatment album released in 1974.

So your guess is better than mine as to who was in Spartanburg.
Derringer was more of a rock n'roll style, while
Ronnie Montrose was more fuzz box progressive rock than Rick. Every pic of early Ronnie he has a Les Paul. Not so with Rick.
Their appearances are also very similar.

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Re: concerts at Clemson, 1970s


Apr 28, 2013, 2:46 PM

I go a little further back; saw Jerry Butler in the old dining hall, the Beach Boys in Fike, and the Four Tops, the Association, and Three Dog Night in Littlejohn. There was our own version of Woodstock with Steppenwolf, Steam, among others...good times

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That was great. It was called the...............


Apr 28, 2013, 5:45 PM

"St. Valentine's Day Pop Festival". Lots of acts all day long, non stop, concluding with Steppenwolf. A very "smokey" John that day!

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PG&E was one of the bands


Apr 29, 2013, 5:52 PM

I was afraid I would flunk my USAF flight physical just from breathing in.

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Re: concerts at Clemson, 1970s


Apr 29, 2013, 4:05 PM [ in reply to Re: concerts at Clemson, 1970s ]

Think we had The Four Tops and Marvin Gaye in the old dining as well. Dianne Warwick in Littlejohn the first yr it was open

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Re: concerts at Clemson, 1970s


Apr 28, 2013, 2:54 PM

I saw the Stones there during their "HONKEY TONK" tour....I do not remember the year or a lot of that night

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Re: concerts at Clemson, 1970s


Apr 28, 2013, 3:04 PM

David Lee Roth with Guns N Roses opening right before they broke out big! That and a Kenny Rogers/Gatlin Bros. were the two I remember...THen a Widespread Panic show during college that I only sort of remember...Of course that was all late 80's/early 90's

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Apr 28, 2013, 3:11 PM

My favorite group to this day--Chicago--Littlejohn 1971 I think

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Re: concerts at Clemson, 1970s


Apr 28, 2013, 9:53 PM

Yeah - Chicago - Awesome. Those were the days. Enjoy it while you can. :)

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More 70's


Apr 28, 2013, 3:14 PM [ in reply to Re: concerts at Clemson, 1970s ]

My first concert at 9, The Buckinghams in Fike, Chuck Berry, REO Speedwagon and Hall and Oates opening for The Dobbie Bros., Alice Cooper,several country shows including Ronnie Millsap and Alabama, all in Little John. Pink Floyd and The Stones in the Valley and 2 shows in the baseball stadium, The Beach Boys and Chicago.

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FYI-Santana


Apr 28, 2013, 3:17 PM

Santana played downtown at The Grocery, which was the old Winn Dixie next to the Astro.

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I remember the Chuck Berry concert being great and read


Apr 28, 2013, 3:50 PM [ in reply to More 70's ]

a few days later in a newspaper where Chuck Berry helped a student change a flat tire after the show before driving away.

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Re: concerts at Clemson, 1970s


Apr 28, 2013, 5:15 PM [ in reply to Re: concerts at Clemson, 1970s ]

I saw Cinderella open up for David Lee Roth in 1986 at Littlejohn

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Re: concerts at Clemson, 1970s


Apr 28, 2013, 3:25 PM

One of the Dobbie concerts had Loggins and Massina opening.

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Re: concerts at Clemson, 1970s


Apr 28, 2013, 4:00 PM

Clemtiger81 you are absolutely correct, Loggins and Messina, not Hall and Oates. Can still hear the intro for Doobie Brothers, intro instrumental to Listen To The Music and the announcer saying "Ladies and gentlemaen, Clemson University and the CDA proudly present..... THE DOOBIE BROTHERS!

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amongst others....


Apr 28, 2013, 3:26 PM

Steppenwolf, Rod Stewart & The Faces, Marshall Tucker, etc

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Re: concerts at Clemson, 1970s


Apr 28, 2013, 3:34 PM

Digging the prices!

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John Mayer, 1999******


Apr 28, 2013, 3:51 PM



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With all the names that are listed, I wouldn't have bothered


Apr 28, 2013, 7:43 PM

posting that you went to see on of that hack dbag's concert

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I had no idea who he was


Apr 28, 2013, 9:39 PM

Wasn't in Littlejohn. He played in the courtyard between Harcombe and the honors dorm.

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Pink Floyd played Death Valley in 1994.***


Apr 28, 2013, 3:54 PM



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That was a great show!***


Apr 28, 2013, 4:22 PM



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Great concert***


Apr 28, 2013, 7:52 PM [ in reply to Pink Floyd played Death Valley in 1994.*** ]



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And Rolling Stones***


Apr 28, 2013, 7:53 PM [ in reply to Pink Floyd played Death Valley in 1994.*** ]



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Didn't Bob Segar play there in the late 1970s or early


Apr 28, 2013, 4:01 PM

1980s? I saw Hall & Oates in LJ in 1985 (yea, I'm embarrassed, it was supposed to have been a date but my girlfriend at the time came down with mono. I ended up taking my redneck best friend and we drank ourselves silly in the parking lot beforehand). That was when H&O's lead guitarist was also the lead guitarist for the SNL band. Plus I saw REM and 10,000 Maniacs in 1987 at LJ. Plus, I saw the Stones in DV in 1989 on their supposed farewell tour.
The old Memorial Auditorium in G'ville had some really good rock shows. I saw Ozzy there twice, plus Iron Maiden with Twisted Sister opening.
That's also where the roadie was killed during intermission of the Kiss and Krokus concert. The roadie fell through the ceiling rafters.

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Re: Didn't Bob Segar play there in the late 1970s or early


Apr 28, 2013, 9:21 PM

Yep, I remember that one too. I'm thinking 1978 or 79? At some point in the show he removed his black shirt to reveal a Clemson T-shirt, I think with a big orange Tiger paw, not positive. But it brought down the house, obviously.

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During this period, I saw Rod Stewart, 3 Dog Night***


Apr 28, 2013, 4:08 PM



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Re: concerts at Clemson, 1970s


Apr 28, 2013, 4:09 PM

Chuck Berry
Seals and Croft
Doobie Brothers
Elvin Bishop Band in Tillman. Toy Caldwell drove the Marshall Tucker bus over and played guitar with them.
Doug Clark and The Hot Nuts
Buffett in Tillman
Tim Weisburg
Lynyrd Skynyrd, REO Speedwagon and Bonnie Bramlett
Black Oak Arkansas (the best washboard solo EVAR on When Electricity Came to Arkansas

btw J Geils Band's sound system went out temporarily on the first tune and nobody could hear Magic ####. So funny.

I had to have a little help remembering these. I've forgotten more than a few.

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Pat Travers played Tillman also.


Apr 28, 2013, 4:14 PM

and R.E.M. played Edgars just before they hit it big.

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BOOM-BOOM out go the lights***


Apr 28, 2013, 6:58 PM



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Saw Drivin' and Cryin' at Edgars for about $8 in 1986ish


Apr 28, 2013, 7:26 PM [ in reply to Pat Travers played Tillman also. ]

Had about 15 'Big Ed's' that night..woooooooooo

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Apr 28, 2013, 8:57 PM [ in reply to Re: concerts at Clemson, 1970s ]

>>> btw J Geils Band's sound system went out temporarily on the first tune and nobody could hear Magic ####. So funny.

One thing I remember about that show was that J Geils Band saved my life. Or sanity. The opening act was Focus, and they had this one big hit called Hocus Pocus. And they played a frenzied, uber-hyper, 30 min version of it with that singer yodeling over & over & over. I was under the influence of some very strong... nevermind. Anyway, it was driving me batchit crazy, and it got to the point that I was lying on the floor covering my ears. LOL I thought that song would never end, seemed to go on forever. But finally J Geils came out and put down some of their good old down home blues & funk-rock. And I was fine after that and had a great time.

Focus playing Hocus Pocus: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4ouPGGLI6Q

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lulz, I had forgotten about Focus


Apr 29, 2013, 2:31 PM

Dude the brown dot is BAD. ;)

The radio played Hocus Pocus to death. Much like Harcombe played Rocky Mountain Way on the jukebox.

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alos Dixie Dregs in Tillman Auditorium 1979 or so.***


Apr 28, 2013, 4:21 PM



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Dang! Didn't anyone remember The Master of Time & Space?


Apr 28, 2013, 4:34 PM


I was there about a month before Jethro Tull.

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good call Rev, yeah I remember some of my buddies saw Leon


Apr 28, 2013, 8:24 PM

I missed that one.

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Re: concerts at Clemson, 1970s


Apr 28, 2013, 4:38 PM

You should have been there the 'good ole days'. We had Lester Lanin and his band and Julie London. Now that's real rock and roll! We also had Ray Charles (great) and the Olympics and a LOT of beach music bands. Does the Central Dance Association still exists? Probably not.

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Apr 28, 2013, 4:53 PM

Three Dog Night - my first concert
The Doobie Brothers
Boston
Huey Lewis and the News - Dwight Clark sang with them on one song.
The Rolling Stones in the Valley

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Re: concerts at Clemson, 1970s


Apr 28, 2013, 5:56 PM

James Taylor

Also remember great concerts in Tillman, Harcomb and the Ampitheater.

Jimmy Buffett, Sha Na Na

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I think Harry Chapin was set to play with Buffett at Tillman


Apr 28, 2013, 6:42 PM

...but had to cancel.

A few months later, Goose Creek Symphony played in Tillman, then Flash Caillac and the Continental Kids. Quite a year.

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We did have Tom Chapin


Apr 28, 2013, 7:07 PM

Harry's younger brother.

Also remember Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs band in the Amphitheater. A young Ricky Skaggs played with them. I was grinning.

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My Grandma saw Lawrence Welk and Liberace @ USCjr.


Apr 28, 2013, 7:03 PM

Columbia rocked that Geritol!

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Apr 28, 2013, 7:15 PM

Saw Rolling Stones in DV in 89. Decades behind to see the ones being mentioned in this thread.

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The 60's were better with Otis Redding, Four Tops, Platters.


Apr 28, 2013, 7:27 PM

Temptations, Jerry Butler. Arthur Conley, Drifters. Moses Dlllard and the Dynamic Showmen, Joe Pope and the Mighty, Mighty TAMS and many, many others....we liked soul and beach in the 60's......still do!

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I second that emotion....The CDA dances in the cafeteria


Apr 29, 2013, 6:44 AM

were a big part of home football weekends in those days, and the dances were packed. One of the first "concert-type" events I recall was a performance in Fike by Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons...well-attended but not as popular as the dances. Although I attended their concert and enjoyed it, I recall telling friends that I was generally P.O. that it replaced our usual dance. lol

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Clemson still gets more musical acts than Cootlumbia***


Apr 28, 2013, 7:41 PM



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The ABB and Wishbone Ash?!?!?


Apr 28, 2013, 10:42 PM

Wow..wish I could have been there for that one. Wishbone Ash at the height of their powers and the ABB and Skydog in full throttle, just before his death. They played Furman's homecoming earlier in the year. A guy I worked with told me about going to it, or the little he could remember about it, lol....would love to find this cd that apparently the Littlejohn show is on.

http://www.abbdiscography.com/cdrclemson09111971.htm

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Horrible sound, but one of few Blue Skys ever played


Apr 28, 2013, 10:46 PM

while Duane was alive, and YouTube provides us the Littlejohn version. Enjoy ABB fans!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgSt-sqxkeg

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Apr 29, 2013, 9:35 AM

also Tina Turner, Chuck Berry, Deep Purple, Billy Preston, Muddy Waters, Kansas, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Rare Earth, Lynyrd Skynyrd (opened for the Allman Bros.), Doobie Bros., Wishbone Ash, Leon Russell and others...

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1978 - Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band - L-John


Apr 29, 2013, 2:37 PM

One month into our Freshman year. We were No. 5 in line at the CDCC ticket office. ...Katmandu, good night everybody!

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The Dude abides


Didn't the Outlaws open for


Apr 29, 2013, 4:07 PM

Buffett in that 77 show? If this is the one I am remembering when they played Green Grass and High Tides they turned their guitars and amps up all the way up -- and played that song for about 10 mins or more. The roadies kept coming on stage trying to turn the amps back down and the band would just crank em up again. Could not hear the first 3 or 4 Buffet tunes due to my ears still ringing. It was great !!

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more 70's concerts in the Clemson area...


Apr 29, 2013, 7:37 PM

http://www.tigernet.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=941093

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